Re: [RFC][v8][PATCH 3/10]: Make pid_max a pid_ns property

From: Pavel Emelyanov
Date: Tue Oct 13 2009 - 09:14:58 EST


Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
>
> From: Serge Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [RFC][v8][PATCH 3/10]: Make pid_max a pid_ns property
>
> Remove the pid_max global, and make it a property of the
> pid_namespace. When a pid_ns is created, it inherits
> the parent's pid_ns.
>
> Fixing up sysctl (trivial akin to ipc version, but
> potentially tedious to get right for all CONFIG*
> combinations) is left for later.
>
> Changelog[v2]:
> - Port to newer kernel
> - Make pid_max a local variable in alloc_pidmap() to simplify code/patch
>
> Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxx>

Not that I'm about to slow down or block the process, but...
frankly I don't see the reason for doing so. Why should we?
Especially taking into account, that we essentially cannot
change thin in the namespace level 3 and deeper?
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